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Distance running in Korea got a big boost back in 1936 when Kitei Son, listed as a Japanese, set an Olympic marathon record. After the war and Korea's liberation, he adopted the Korean version of his name, Kee Chung Sohn, and became a national hero. Since then, with Kee doing much of the coaching, South Korea has turned out some remarkably durable runners. In 1947, with passage money partly contributed by U.S. servicemen stationed there, Korea sent young Yun Bok Suh to the Boston marathon. He set a course record...
...Government can do and why it attracts the largest clientele are difficult questions. In a way, it offers a general education in somewhat informed citizenship; but unless politics or government service is one's anticipated career, it can give little practical assistance. Government concentration has never been known to boost anybody into Law School; but many lawyers do find its courses of some value in practice...
...housing boom got another $4 billion boost in new credit last week. Congress passed the housing bill, sent it to the President, who is expected to sign...
...success of the Adams House program should give a boost to other House musical societies planning similar programs. This week Eliot presents some Bach as originally scored, substituting recorders for modern flutes...
Capped Prices? Opponents of the bill, notably Illinois Senator Paul H. Douglas, argued that the lack of regulation would send gas prices soaring and boost consumers' bills $100 million a year. In answer, oilmen pointed to the record. In the last ten years the price of gas in the field has risen, in some cases quintupled (the price had been so low ten years ago that gas had virtually been given away). Yet the average price of natural gas to residential users had dropped from 70.9¢ per 1,000 cubic feet...